Abbott St. Jude Medical Patient Controller 3875, User Manual

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Warnings
The following warnings apply to these components.
NOTE: For nontherapy-related warnings
regarding the St. Jude Medical™ Patient
Controller, refer to the user guide available at
support.apple.com/manuals for the Apple‡
iOS‡ device you are using to run the patient
controller app.
System Warnings
Diathermy therapy. You cannot have any short-wave
diathermy, microwave diathermy, or therapeutic
ultrasound diathermy (all now referred to as
diathermy) on your body if you have any part of a
neurostimulation system implanted. Energy from
diathermy can be transferred through the implanted
system and can cause tissue damage at the location
of the implanted electrodes, resulting in severe injury
or death.
Diathermy is further prohibited because it may also
damage the neurostimulation system components.
This damage could result in loss of therapy, requiring
additional surgery for system implantation and
replacement. Injury or damage can occur during
diathermy treatment whether the neurostimulation
system is turned on or off. You are advised to inform
your healthcare professional that you cannot be
exposed to diathermy treatment.